On the way back to Riverside Town, Sean chatted with Henry about trivial matters in the territory.

Butler Henry is the only aborigine who has entered the core leadership circle of Hetan Town. He has outstanding abilities and Sean also values ​​him very highly.

Of course, he has also been tested by Anduin [Thought Stealing]. Apart from being a little selfish towards his own children, he has no other shortcomings.

The two walked to the square in the north of the town while chatting.

Sean said to Henry seriously:

"Henry, after this war is over, you can take all your children back to Hetan Town. Now Hetan Town has developed and will not be worse than Jorn City in the future."

Henry understood what Sean meant and hurriedly replied:

"Of course, sir! My children are still studying at the etiquette academy. After this semester is over, I will let them come back to serve you, sir!"

Sean nodded and patted Henry on the shoulder:

"Henry, I still admire you very much... let's do this, you will be the general person in charge of commercial trade with Kapur Port."

Henry was so surprised that he could entrust such an important responsibility to himself, which fully demonstrated the master's trust in him!

But he hesitated a little: "Master, the affairs in the castle... I may be too busy."

"It's okay, just leave these to my valet Anton, he will be my second butler from now on."

Sean waved his hand indifferently and emphasized:

"Remember Henry, don't accept corruption or bribery, let alone do things that harm the interests of the territory! Once Anduin discovers it, the consequences will not be yours to bear, and it will probably affect the people around you!"

"Don't worry, sir, I am extremely loyal to you!" Henry replied hurriedly.

This is also true. Ever since Sean made his "first pot of gold" with perfume and spirits, he has never thought of betraying Sean again.

"Very good!" Sean nodded with satisfaction: "If you do well, the reward will definitely be great!"

After Sean finished speaking, he took the butler Henry back to the castle and arranged his future work in detail.

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Now that the commodity trade matters are basically settled, the most important thing left is to prepare for war.

Regarding wars between lords, of course this world also has a set of rules:

When a lord declares war on another lord, he must have a valid reason. The valid reason must be made into a declaration of war and handed over to the other party. After the other party receives the declaration of war, the army can start the war.

Otherwise, the war is in violation of the "Nobles' Law of War". After occupation, it will not be recognized by other nobles, and other nobles can also launch attacks on the territory of the illegal nobles without restraint.

Even though the Principality of Lane is now divided, this set of rules still applies.

…

Sean hasn't received the declaration of war yet, so it should be some time before the war starts.

Coupled with the distance between Shuisong Town and Hetan Town, the war could take as short as six or seven days or as long as half a month.

Therefore, Sean continued to go to the Elf Forest to level up while preparing for the war.

Now Sean's level is 1/2400 of level 25, and the experience value growth rate of training is 151/hour, plus leveling 200-300/day, he will reach level 26 in about 5 days, that is, before the war starts. [

Weapons] module!

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May 22.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the River family began to seize all Sean's properties in John City.

Khadgar went to the Golden Wolf King Castle to meet Jessica and told Jessica that the seizure was okay, but it would not affect the production and sales of the entire industry chain.

Of course, Jessica also wanted to own a complete perfume and spirits industry chain, so she agreed to Khadgar's suggestion.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, under the cover of Khadgar, Caviz Lodian spread all the current status of Yohn City's industry, dismissed the escort and Paladin Sean and went home to rest.

Without the protection of the strong sky-level dwarves and the escort team, gangs of all sizes in the city of Yonn were in full swing, and they all mobilized to attack Sean's property.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, before the arrival of the River family, the gang looted all the gold coins and valuables stored in Sean's property warehouse and residence.

The River family didn't catch a single gold coin.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Khadgar used [Enhanced Invisibility] to sneak into the warehouse where the major gangs were based, and while they were still celebrating, he put all valuable things into a [Dimensional Backpack] and took them away.

The size of Khadgar's [Dimensional Backpack] is 100 cubic meters, and it was almost filled to the brim by him.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, Khadgar and Luo Dian counted the harvest together.

At this time, Khadgar discovered that the gang had stolen something worth approximately 30,000 gold coins. He used the [Dimensional Backpack] to recover gold coins and other items with a total value of up to 45,000 gold coins!

And made a huge profit of 50%!

So Khadgar took out 5,000 gold coins and distributed them to the poor in the slums at night.

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May 23.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Silver-level female assassin that Sean had captured before discovered that Shuisong Town had begun to gather troops to prepare for war, so she returned to Hetan Town from Shuisong Town.

After meeting Sean who was leveling up in the Elf Forest, she submitted a detailed intelligence about Water Pine Town to Sean.

The information includes Shuisong Town’s geographical location and road map, troop deployment, as well as the strength and combat preferences of each Bronze-level cultivator in Shuisong Town and above.

Shuisong Town is located 30 degrees west of north of Hetan Town. The straight-line distance is 30.06 kilometers, and the road distance is about 42 kilometers.

Unlike Hetan Town, which has only one lonely town, Shuisong Town has more than a dozen large and small villages besides the town, with a total population of nearly 10,000.

The main reason for this is that Hetan Town was originally created to trade with the Elf Kingdom, and Shuisong Town is a major food-producing area.

Therefore, there are many villages under Shuisong Town, but none in Hetan Town.

One hundred years after the Elf Kingdom closed down trade, the population of Hetan Town dropped from the original 25,000 to 4,000, while the total population of Shuisong Town and its subordinate villages remained almost unchanged at around 10,000.

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As for the army in Shuisong Town, there are a total of 510 soldiers who can go to the battlefield and 500 logistics troops.

These include 110 territorial soldiers and 200 logistics troops;

100 mercenaries and 150 mercenary logistics troops;

100 reinforcements and 150 logistics troops sent by the Marquis of the River;

There are 200 farmers left.

There were not many people, but what worried Sean the most was the strong men sent by Yohn City. For example, the two sky-level powerhouses from Yohn City, the Necromancer and Lucas, were both existences that could easily destroy the armies of both sides.

Moreover, Yoen City may send out some strong men of the gold rank, which is also a great threat to the territory.

At 11 a.m., Sean returned to Hetan Town and convened a meeting with all core personnel to discuss preparations for war through the latest intelligence.
Chapter completed!